AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre , adding to the $4.1 million he has to pay for the suffering he put them through by claiming for years that the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax.
Plus, the whole "liquid assets" thing is largely a myth when it comes to the wealthy. Their holdings can be used as collateral for loans, and—given how absurdly profitable Jones' grift machine has been over the last few decades—I doubt he'll have any problems finding a bank willing to give him the cash.